All Foxes are red

The Blessed Damozel

Artist: Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833 - 1898)

Date: c. 1856-1861

Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and shell gold on paper mounted on canvas

A set of sixteen tiles arranged in pairs to form eight illustrations for the 'Briar Rose' or 'Sleeping Beauty' tale

The Blessed Damozel

Artist: Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833 - 1898)

Date: c. 1856-1861

Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and shell gold on paper mounted on canvas

The Twelve Princesses

Artist: Gustave-Max Stevens (Belgian, 1871-1946)

Date: 1899

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: M.S. Raw Antiques, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

The fairy tale "The Twelve Princesses," also called "The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces", tells the story of twelve sisters who are kept locked up in their bedroom every night by their father, the king. Despite this, the king finds his daughters’ shoes “danced to pieces” every morning when he releases them. He presents a challenge to his kingdom: “Whoever could discover where they went dancing each night could choose one of them for his wife and become king after his death.” After many before him fail, a man accepts the challenge and, with the help of an invisibility cloak, discovers the sisters travel to a magical underground realm where they attend a lavish ball every evening.

Postcards from Italy part I. 🍂✨

Venice / Milan / Florence / Como

Lea O'Connell

Undine Lost in the Danube, 1909, Arthur Rackham